(Message inbox:23) Received: from pop-1.iastate.edu (pop-1.iastate.edu [129.186.6.61]) by pop-2.iastate.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA06943 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 18:50:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dartvax.dartmouth.edu (mailhost.dartmouth.edu [129.170.16.4]) by pop-1.iastate.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA16483 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 18:50:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vixen.Dartmouth.EDU (vixen.dartmouth.edu [129.170.208.15]) by dartvax.dartmouth.edu (8.7.5.1+DND/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA02430 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 19:50:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <17921167@vixen.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 02 May 96 19:50:03 EDT From: College.Bowl@Dartmouth.EDU (College Bowl) Subject: NHAP : Harvard "A" Packet To: topquark@iastate.edu New Hampshire Anti-Primary : Harvard Lugar Tossups TOSSUP 1 James Miles suggested in a short story that Sherlock Holmes was the inspiration for this composer's 1889 series of musical portraits built around a central theme, called the _Enigma Variations_. FTP, name this British composer of _Cockaigne_ and _Pomp and Circumstance_. Answer: Sir Edward William _ELGAR_ TOSSUP 2 Under the Twelfth Amendment, the President of the Senate opens and counts electoral votes, so George Bush got to certify his own presidential victory. Since the Twelfth Amendment's adoption, only one other Vice President has done the same. FTP, name this "little magician" who won the 1836 race. Answer: Martin _VAN BUREN_ TOSSUP 3 It was first isolated in the laboratory in 1895, but its existence was first conjectured at in 1868, when absorption lines not matching any element then known were discovered in a spectrum of the sun. FTP, name this element, whose name comes from the Greek for "sun." Answer: _HELIUM_ TOSSUP 4 Angelo Roncalli's efforts as an archbishop during World War II to save Jews from the Holocaust would later earn him recognition, though he is better remembered for calling the Second Vatican Council. FTP, what name did Roncalli adopt upon being elected pope in 1958? Answer: Pope _JOHN XXIII_ (the twenty-third) Prompt if partial answer is given TOSSUP 5 She won an Olympic gold medal before she could vote, but not long afterward, she was picked up for shoplifting. She recently returned from a long absence from the professional tennis tour, which she joined before she could drive. FTP, name this Floridian who still can't legally drink. Answer: Jennifer _CAPRIATI_ TOSSUP 6 Two nations have flags with three equal vertical stripes of orange, white and green. The flag of Ireland is hoisted by the side with the green stripe ; the orange side is the hoist side on, the flag of, FTP, what West African nation whose capital is Yamoussoukro? Answer: _COTE D'IVOIRE_ Accept: _IVORY COAST_ TOSSUP 7 According to one myth, she was a lovely young woman until she and Poseidon had relations in Athena's temple. Athena was irritated and transformed her into a less-attractive form. FTP, name this mythical Gorgon killed by Perseus, who gave "stone face" a whole new meaning. Answer: _MEDUSA_ TOSSUP 8 Warning: two answers required. Two current members of the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 had recurring roles on Saved By the Bell, one as Kelly Kapowski, the other as Screech's girlfriend Violet. FTP, name these two actresses, who now play Valerie and Donna. Answer: Tiffani-Amber _THIESSEN_ (pron. THEE-sen) and Tori _SPELLING_ TOSSUP 9 He became a member of the Politburo in 1948 and first deputy to Nikita Khrushchev in 1960. He succeeded Khrushchev as Soviet premier in 1964 and served until 1980, though he shared effective power with the first secretary of the Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev. FTP, name him. Answer: Aleksei Nikolaevich _KOSYGIN_ (ko-SEE-gin) TOSSUP 10 The granddaughter of a slave raped by her master, Janie marries first Logan, then Jody, then Tea Cake. Her quest to fulfill a vision she had beneath a pear tree is chronicled in, FTP, what novel by Zora Neale Hurston? Answer: _THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD_ TOSSUP 11 One U.S. state has not one but two Federal Reserve banks, thanks to the efforts of Champ Clark, who was Speaker of the House when the Federal Reserve system was established. FTP, name this state, which may again be the home of a House Speaker if the Democrats regain their majority. Answer: _MISSOURI_ [Editor's note: God help us if Dick Gephardt becomes majority leader!] TOSSUP 12 He was just reelected easily to another six-year term. No big surprise -- he's been his country's only ruler since 1980. Before that, he was a leader in his country's war against the British colonial government of Rhodesia. FTP, name this 72-year-old Zimbabwean leader. Answer: Robert _MUGABE_ TOSSUP 13 The Act of Union, uniting England and Scotland to form the kingdom of Great Britain, was one of the highlights of the twelve-year reign of this monarch, who built Blenheim Palace for the Duke of Marlborough. None of her eighteen children made it to age 12. FTP, name this last Stuart queen. Answer: Queen _ANNE_ TOSSUP 14 He discovered that mixing glyceryl trinitrate with an absorbent solid material like diatomaceous earth gives a solid explosive that is much safer than liquid nitroglycerin, which had killed his younger brother in 1864. FTP, name this pacifist whose invention inspired Jimmie Walker. Answer: Alfred Bernhard _NOBEL_ TOSSUP 15 It is governed by a Legislative Council, eight of whose ten members are elected by its legislature's House of Keys. FTP, name this British crown dependency, whose capital is Douglas and whose most famous product is a type of cat. Answer: _ISLE OF MAN_ TOSSUP 16 His characters include Mr. Papillon (PAP-ee-on), the Logician, Dudard (doo-DAR), Daisy and Jean (ZHAN), all of whom forsake their humanity in this Romanian-born Absurdist's 1959 play _Rhinoceros_. FTP, name this author of _Exit the King_ and _The Bald Soprano_. Answer: Eugene _IONESCO_ TOSSUP 17 After her husband's 1978 assassination, she replaced him as publisher of the newspaper La Prensa. She was briefly a member of her nation's ruling junta, but resigned in disillusionment. She returned to government in 1990, when she defeated Daniel Ortega for the Nicaraguan presidency. FTP, name her. Answer: Violeta Barrios de _CHAMORRO_ TOSSUP 18 His first successful play was 1961's "The Blood Knot." He has also acted, playing General Smuts in "Gandhi." In 1983, though its importation and distribution were banned, his autobiographical play "'Master Harold'... and the Boys" premiered in Johannesburg. FTP, name this playwright and opponent of apartheid. Answer: (Harold) Athol _FUGARD_ TOSSUP 19 On the same day in 1809 that Charles Darwin was born, this future President of the United States came into this world. Darwin lived seventeen years longer, dying in 1882, but this man eclipses him every year on their shared birthday, February 12. FTP, name him. Answer: Abraham _LINCOLN_ TOSSUP 20 During leap years in the Hebrew calendar, one month is repeated. FTP, name this month, during which Jews get drunk and eat hamentaschen (HOMM-en-TOSH-en) for the festival of Purim. Answer: _ADAR_ (uh-DAR) Sheni (Second Adar) TOSSUP 21 He was in command of the western theater in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln tapped him to replace George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies, in which post he served until U.S. Grant replaced him in 1864. FTP, name this lawyer and general, nicknamed "Old Brains." Answer: Major General Henry Wager _HALLECK_ TOSSUP 22 An airwave that traveled across the earth's surface seven times and a sound that was heard 4,600 kilometers away on Rodriguez Island were among the effects of the August 27, 1883 destruction of, FTP, what island? Answer: _KRAKATAU_ (Accept: _KRAKATOA_) TOSSUP 23 The last name's the same for the former sheep and cattle farmer who, as leader of the National Party, became Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990, and the actor who appeared in the movie _The Wizard of Oz_ as Hunk the farmhand and the Scarecrow. FTP, give that shared last name. Answer: _BOLGER_ (Prime Minister Jim; actor Ray) TOSSUP 24 He recently became CEO of the Halliburton Company in Dallas, even though he'd been out of the private sector since being elected to Congress in 1978, where he rose to House Republican Whip. Newt Gingrich succeeded him in that job when he became Secretary of Defense in 1989. FTP, name him. Answer: Richard B. "Dick" _CHENEY_ TOSSUP 25 Pat Buchanan probably doesn't think much of Renato Ruggerio. Not only is he an unelected bureaucrat, but he's also director-general of, FTP, what frequent target of Buchanan criticism, the agency that on January 1, 1995 succeeded the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade? Answer: _WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION_ or _WTO_ TOSSUP 26 Nondisjunction during meiosis may result in trisomy, or possession of three chromosomes of the same type. Only three trisomies can produce infants that survive beyond birth -- trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down's syndrome, which is trisomy of, FTP, which autosomal pair? Answer: _TWENTY-ONE (21)_ or _TWENTY-FIRST_ (accept "Trisomy 21") (prompt on "Down's Syndrome") TOSSUP 27 Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell's main claim to fame comes from his jump to the Republican Party in 1995, but Campbell is also the only Olympic gold medalist in Congress. Campbell won his medal and captained the 1964 U.S. Olympic team in, FTP, what martial art based on jujitsu? Answer: _JUDO_ TOSSUP 28 "Colour Scheme," "Death of a Peer," and "Died in the Wool" are three of the many novels she wrote before her death in 1982. FTP, name this actress, theater producer, and New Zealand native who turned mystery writer and created the detective Roderick Alleyn (pron. Allen). Answer: Dame (Edith) Ngaio (pron. NY-oh) _MARSH_ TOSSUP 29 Jeff Taylor is the first political strategist ever to run two different campaigns in the same presidential primary. Taylor became a big gun in Steve Forbes's now-dead campaign after abandoning, FTP, what also-ran who is now focusing on reelection to his California House seat? Answer: Rep. Robert K. "Bob" _DORNAN_ TOSSUP 30 Trekkies know James B. Sikking as Captain Styles in Star Trek III, but he's better known for his longer-term role as the father of the title character in, FTP, what Stephen Bochco TV series that ran from 1989 to 1993 and starred Neil Patrick Harris? Answer: _DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D._ (Prompt if partial answer is given) New Hampshire Anti-Primary : Harvard Lugar Boni BONUS 1 (30) Five members of the 104th Congress have resigned from Congress, three due to ethics problems, two to pursue other jobs. For five points apiece, with a five point bonus for all five, name them. Rep. Mel _REYNOLDS_ (D-IL) (ethics) Sen. Bob _PACKWOOD_ (R-OR) (ethics) Rep. Norman _MINETA_ (D-CA) (job) Rep. Walter _TUCKER_ (D-CA) (ethics) Rep. Kweisi _MFUME_ (D-MD) (job) Do not accept: Rep. Ron Wyden, who resigned his House seat on being elected to Packwood's seat but has not resigned from Congress altogether. BONUS 2 (20) Given the insignia and the American armed service, name the rank which it represents for five points each. a. Silver eagle, Navy Answer: _CAPTAIN_ b. Gold oak leaf, Army Answer: _MAJOR_ c. Three stars, Air Force Answer: _LIEUTENANT GENERAL_ Prompt if "General" is given. d. Silver oak leaf, Navy Answer: _COMMANDER_ Do not accept "Lieutenant Commander." BONUS 3 (20) Before North and South America were joined by the Panama land bridge, South America had evolved many unique species. For 5 points each with a five point bonus for all three, given the South American species, name the World Continent animal from the following list that it most closely resembles: dog, elephant, horse, panther, rhinoceros. (Do not give an answer after each one.) a. Litoptern (LIGHT-op-turn) Answer: _HORSE_ b. Toxodont Answer: _RHINOCEROS_ c. Pyrothere (PY-roe-theer) Answer: _ELEPHANT_ BONUS 4 (20) Prince Charles is, of course, next in line for the British throne. Name the six Royal Family members who follow Charles in the line of succession. Each correct answer is worth five points. Prince _WILLIAM_ Arthur Philip Louis Windsor Prince _HENRY_ Charles Albert David Windsor (Accept: Prince _HARRY_) Prince _ANDREW_ Albert Christian Windsor (Accept: The _DUKE OF YORK_) Princess _BEATRICE_ Elizabeth Mary Windsor Princess _EUGENIE_ VIctoria Helena Windsor Prince _EDWARD_ Anthony Richard Windsor BONUS 5(25) Greek mythology relates that Leda mated both with Zeus and with her mortal husband, producing four children, two mortal, two immortal. For five points each, with a five point bonus for all four, name the four children. Answers: _CASTOR_, _POLLUX_, _HELEN_, _CLYTEMNESTRA_ BONUS 6 (30) Given the author or authors of a Broadway musical and three songs from it, name the musical for the stated number of points. a. 5 points. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You," "Puzzlement," "Shall We Dance." Answer: _THE KING AND I_ b. 10 points. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. "Ascot Gavotte," "On the Street Where You Live," "Get Me to the Church On Time." Answer: _MY FAIR LADY_ c. 15 points. Stephen Sondheim. "Hello Little Girl," "Agony," "There are Giants in the Sky." Answer: _INTO THE WOODS_ BONUS 7(30) For ten points, all or nothing, name the three races that make up horse racing's Triple Crown IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY OCCUR each year. Answer: The _KENTUCKY DERBY_ The _PREAKNESS_ Stakes The _BELMONT_ Stakes For five points apiece, with a five point bonus for all three, name the last three Triple Crown winners, who won in 1978, 1977 and 1973. Answer: _AFFIRMED_ (1978) _SEATTLE SLEW_ (1977) _SECRETARIAT_ (1973) BONUS 8 (30) Answer these questions about "ER" for the stated number of points.First, name any four of the seven actors who appear in the opening credits of "ER" for five points apiece. Answer: George _CLOONEY_ Anthony _EDWARDS_ Eriq _LA SALLE_ Julianna _MARGULIES_ (MAR-goo-lees) Gloria _REUBEN_ Sherry _STRINGFIELD_ Noah _WYLE_ (pron. Wily) For ten points, name the actress who played grades-obsessed medical student Deborah Chen on ER for a season but left for a larger role as Trudy on "The Single Guy." Answer: Ming-Na _WEN_ BONUS 9 (25) Since Democrats began nominating candidates for national office in 1844, two names have appeared on their ticket five times. In one case, the same man was nominated five times for president or vice president; in the other case, a grandfather and grandson with the same name appeared a total of five times. For ten points for one, twenty-five for two, give the names. You'll get five points for each if you need the years. Clue 2: 1920, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1952, 1956 Answer: Adlai _STEVENSON_ _F_ranklin Delano _ROOSEVELT_ or _FDR_ BONUS 10 (20) Phenylketonuria, or PKU for short, is a genetic disorder whose victims are unable to transform one amino acid into another, causing the first amino acid to build up to toxic levels. For ten points each, name these two amino acids. Answer: _PHENYLALANINE_ (FEEN-ull-AL-a-neen), _TYROSINE_ (TY-ro-seen) BONUS 11 (30) In J.R.R. Tolkien's _The Fellowship of the Ring_, the Company of the Ring sets out from Rivendell on December 25, 3018. Four of its nine members are hobbits. Name any three for ten points apiece. Answer: _FRODO_ Baggins _MERIADOC_ Brandybuck (accept "Merry") _SAMWISE_ Gamgee (accept "Sam") _PEREGRIN_ Took (accept "Pippin") BONUS 12 (30) Given the secretary of state, name the president whose secretary of state he was for ten points each. a. John Quincy Adams Answer: James _MONROE_ b. Christian Herter Answer: Dwight _EISENHOWER_ c. Henry Stimson Answer: Herbert _HOOVER_ BONUS 13 (30) Name the British socialist author from the works. First, on a 10-5 basis: 10 : The Road to Wigan Pier 5 : Animal Farm Answer: George _ORWELL_ (accept Eric _BLAIR_) Second, on a 20-10 basis: 20: Customs in Common 10: The Making of the English Working Classes Answer: E.P. (Edward Palmer) _THOMPSON_ BONUS 14 (20) For five points each, give the number of the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that did each of the following. a. Gave citizens of Washington, DC the right to vote for President. A: _23_rd b. Guaranteed the right to trial by jury in all suits at common law where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars. A: _7_th c. Established the process by which Gerald Ford became vice president. A_25_th d. Provided for an intervening election before a Congressional pay raise could take effect. A: _27_th BONUS 15 (25) Name the star, 25-15-10. 25 : Located 2.7 parsecs away, it is 20 times more luminous than the sun. 15 : It is the brightest star in the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere. 10 : It is also known as Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star. Answer: _SIRIUS_ (accept "Alpha Canis Majoris" after one or two clues) BONUS 16 (20) Answer these questions about Israeli politics for the stated number of points. a. For 5 points, name the Israeli prime minister. Answer: Shimon _PERES_ b. For five points apiece, name the largest opposition party and its leader, who is challenging Peres for the prime ministership. Answer: _LIKUD_ Binyamin (or Benjamin or "Bibi") _NETANYAHU_ (net-un-YAH-hoo) c. For fifteen points, name Israel's president. Answer: Ezer _WEIZMAN_ BONUS 17 (25) Conjoin the following, for five points for each linkage and a five point bonus for all: the author of _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_; a Senator from Alabama who became a Supreme Court justice; a novel by Anna Sewell; a 1991 Disney musical; and a 1982 movie starring Tanya Roberts. Answer: _VICTOR HUGO BLACK BEAUTY AND THE BEASTMASTER_ BONUS 18 (30) Name the playwright from works on a 15-5 basis: 15: Arcadia, Jumpers, The Real Inspector Hound 5: Travesties, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Answer: Tom _STOPPARD_ (Accept: Tomas Straussler) _Travesties_ brings together a Romanian-born French Dadaist poet, an Irish author, and a Russian revolutionary, all supposedly living in Zurich. For five points apiece, name them. Answer: Tristan _TZARA_ James Augustine Aloysius _JOYCE_ Vladimir Ilyich _LENIN_ (Accept: Vladimir Ilyich _ULYANOV_) BONUS 19 (25) Answer these questions about Baltimore football for the stated number of points. One of the most reviled names in Baltimore is that of the owner of the Indianapolis Colts -- formerly the Baltimore Colts, until he sneaked them out of town in the dead of night. For ten points, name this arch-villain. Answer: Robert _IRSAY_ For five points, what Cleveland Browns owner is just as unpopular in Cleveland for moving his team to Baltimore? Answer: Art _MODELL_ Modell is abandoning the name "Browns" as well as Cleveland. For ten points, what new name is Modell adopting for his team? Answer: _RAVENS_ BONUS 20 (30) NATO's secretary-general resigned last year because of revelations about possible corruption during his tenure as Belgium's economics minister. For ten points, name him. Answer: Willy (pron. Villy) _CLAES_ (pron. Klahs) For ten points apiece, name Claes's successor and the nation of which he was Foreign Minister. Answer: Javier _SOLANA_ Madariaga _SPAIN_ BONUS 21 (25) The musical _Fiddler on the Roof_ was based on his novel _Tevye the Dairyman_. For twenty-five points, give either his real name or the pen name under which he wrote his Yiddish novels, short stories and plays. Answer: _SHOLEM ALEICHEM_ (pen name) Sholem _RABINOVITCH_ (real name) BONUS 22 (25) Before the defection of two of Saddam Hussein's sons-in-law, he was about to close up shop, but the information they provided led him to continue his investigation of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. For 25 points, name the UN's chief weapons inspector in Iraq. Answer: Rolf _EKEUS_ (uh-KAY-us) BONUS 23 (30) Bull Shannon, bailiff on TV's Night Court from 1984 to 1992, had three regular female counterparts over the series's run. For fifteen points each, name any two. (First names are sufficient.) Answer: _SELMA_ Hacker _FLORENCE_ Kleiner or _FLO_ _ROSALYNN_ Russell or _ROZ_ BONUS 24 (30) Answer the following questions about _Time_ Magazine's Men of the Year after one clue for 15 points, after two for five. a. (Clue 1) He was the only president since Herbert Hoover never to be Man of the Year. (Clue 2) The Man of the Year the year he became president was Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, who was assassinated the next year. Answer: Gerald Rudolph _FORD_ b. (Clue 1) Who was Man of the Year three times, more than any other? (Clue 2) He won in 1932, 1934 and 1941. Answer: _F_ranklin Delano _ROOSEVELT_ or _FDR_ Prompt: if partial answer is given BONUS 25 (20) All of the fresh water on earth, in lakes, rivers, and groundwater, comprises what percent of the water on earth -- 0.6%, 2.6%, or 4.6%? Answer: 0.6% BONUS 26 (20) All operational U.S. ballistic missile submarines are of the same class, which shares its name with a state which, ironically, borders no ocean. For ten points, give the name shared by the current class of "boomers" and the seventeenth state. Answer: _OHIO_ The only Ohio-class sub not named after a state is named after, for ten points, what late senator and two-time presidential candidate from Washington, who was such a friend to the defense industry that he was nicknamed "the Senator from Boeing"? Answer: Sen. Henry Martin "Scoop" _JACKSON_ BONUS 27 (30) Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six wives. For five points apiece, name the FIRST THREE wives IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY MARRIED HIM. Answer: _CATHERINE_ of _ARAGON_ Anne _BOLEYN_ Jane _SEYMOUR_ (Prompt if first name only is given for any) Now arrange those three in the order in which their children held the throne; five points for each correct answer. First names are sufficient. Answer: _JANE_, mother of Edward VI, king 1547-1553 _CATHERINE_, mother of Mary I, queen 1553-1558 _ANNE_, mother of Elizabeth I, queen 1558-1603 BONUS 28 (25) For twenty-five points, within five percent, what percentage of Israel's population is Jewish? Answer: 82% (accept between 77 and 87, inclusive) BONUS 29 (30) The last names sound similar. Give the last names of, for ten points each: Two brothers from Nashville who gave their name to the Southern rock band that produced "Jessica," "Ramblin' Man," and "Blue Sky"; a former U.S. attorney whose come-from-behind wins in both primary and general elections made him Rhode Island's current governor; and the British comedienne whose Fox TV show was the birthplace of "The Simpsons." Answers: Duane and Gregg _ALLMAN_, Gov. Lincoln _ALMOND_ Tracey _ULLMAN_ BONUS 30 (30) On Opening Day this year, an umpire called time out, collapsed, and died of a massive heart attack. For ten points apiece, name the umpire and the two teams playing in the game. Answer: John _McSHERRY_ _CINCINNATI_ or the _REDS_ _MONTREAL_ or the _EXPOS_